Table 6. Mixed bloodmeal sources of the blood-fed Culicine mosquitoes collected inTaita-Taveta, Coastal Kenya.
| Site | Species | BC (%) | BCG(%) | BCH(%) | BCHG(%) | BG(%) | BH(%) | BHG(%) | CG(%) | CH(%) | CHG(%) | HG(%) | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chala Kimundia | Culexq uinq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (25.0) | 0 | 1 (25.0) | 1 (25.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (25.0) | 4 |
| Aedes hirsutus | 2(1.7) | 1 (0.9) | 2(1.7) | 11 (9.4) | 53 (45.2) | 12 (10.3) | 33 (28.2) | 1 (0.9) | 2(1.7) | 0 | 0 | 117 | |
| Aedes mcintoshi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (4.3) | 13 (56.5) | 3 (13.0) | 6 (26.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | |
| Aedes taylori | 4 (2.5) | 8(5.1) | 1 (0.6) | 3(lo9) | 68 (43.3) | 22 (14.0) | 38 (24.2) | 2(1.3) | 1 (0.6) | 3(1.9) | 7 (4.5) | 157 | |
| Coq.aurites | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (33.3) | 2 (66.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| Culex fusco | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (100.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Mansonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (14.3) | 5 (71.4) | 0 | 1 (14.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Culex poicilipes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100.0) | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Culex quinq | 0 | 2(1.3) | 0 | 0 | 85 (56.7) | 14 (9.3) | 28 (18.7) | 2(1.3) | 1 (0.7) | 3 (2.0) | 15 (10.0) | 150 | |
| Culex univittatus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| King’wareni | Aedes mcnitoshi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 1 (50.0) | 2 |
| Culex quinq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (66.7) | 0 | 3 (33.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| Kiwalwa | Aedes hirsutus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (100.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Aedes mcintoshi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (50.0) | 1 (50.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Culex quinq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 (47.3) | 3 (5.5) | 8 (14.5) | 1 (1.8) | 6 (10.9) | 1 (1.8) | 7 (12.7) | 55 | |
| Mwarusa | Aedes hirsutus | 1 (33.3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (66.7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Aedes mcintoshi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100.0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Culex quinq | 3 (4.4) | 5 (7.4) | 0 | 2 (2.9) | 19 (27.9) | 4 (5.9) | 22 (32.3) | 1 (1.5) | 1 (1.5) | 3 (4.4) | 8 (11.8) | 68 | |
| Njoro | Culex quinq | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.2) | 2 (6.5) | 14 (45.2) | 0 | 8 (25.8) | 0 | 0 | 1 (3.2) | 2 (6.5) | 31 |
| Mansonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 (100.0) | 1 | |
| Total | 10 (1.6) | 16 (2.5) | 4 (0.6) | 26 (4.1) | 293 (45.8) | 64 (10.0) | 154 (24.1) | 7(1.1) | 13 (2.0) | 11 (1.7) | 42 (6.6) | 640 |
B, bovine; C, chicken; G, goat; H-human.